On CBS’ Face The Nation, Sen. Richard Lugar said “American forces” should “stay relatively indefinitely in Iraq,” yet the host failed to ask him if his disgreement with the House is merely over the size of the occupation, not about the occupation itself.

On NBC’s Meet The Press, Sen. Pat Leahy was asked if he would take White House Counsel Fred Fielding’s “offer” of private interviews with Bush’s aides without a public transcript, or opportunities for follow-up. But Fielding’s recent dishonesty about Bush’s involvement in the prosecutor purge was not mentioned.

A mass refusal by the public to watch Donald Trump on TV will deprive him of big ratings, which he routinely uses to create a false impression of widespread popularity.

About Bill Scher

Bill Scher is the Online Campaign Manager at Campaign for America's Future, and the executive editor of LiberalOasis.com. He is the author of Wait! Don't Move To Canada!: A Stay-and-Fight Strategy to Win Back America, a regular contributor to Bloggingheads.tv and host of the LiberalOasis Radio Show weekly podcast. He has opinion articles that have been published by the New York Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune and Omaha World-Herald, and has made appearances on CNN, MSNBC and NPR among other TV and radio outlets.